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Macau Open 2012
16-21 Oct, Macau, $50k |
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21-Oct, Finals:
[1] Joelle King (Nzl) bt [8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
11-5, 11-1, 9-11,
6-11, 11-6
[1] Karim Darwish (Egy) bt [2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy)
9-11, 11-7, 10-12,
11-4, 11-9
Top seeds win marathon finals in Macau
 Top
seeds Joelle King and Karim Darwish claimed the Macau
Open titles, but both needed the full five games in their respective
finals.
Darwish was up against fellow Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy, the
second seed who had beaten his younger brother Marwan in their first
competitive meeting yesterday, and it was Shorbagy who made the
better start, winning the first and third games. Darwish fought back
to take the last two games, and with it his 23rd PSA title.
King also faced Egyptian opposition in Omneya Abdel Kawy, the eighth
seed who had beaten two higher seeds to reach the final.
New Zealander King took the first to games before Kawy fought back
to level, but the Kiwi reasserted in the fifth to collect her sixth
WSA title, her first for 18 months.
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  Macau
Open 2012
16-21 Oct, Macau, $50k |
Round One
18 Oct |
Quarters
19 Oct |
Semis
20 Oct |
Final
21 Oct |
[1] Karim Darwish (Egy)
11-8, 11-6, 11-9
Ong Beng Hee (Mas) |
[1] Karim Darwish
11-5, 11-9, 11-6
[Q] Karim Ali Fathi |
[1] Karim Darwish
11-1, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3
Karim Abdel Gawad |
[1] Karim Darwish
9-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy |
Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 14-12
[Q] Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) |
Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy)
11-9, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5
[Q] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) |
Karim Abdel Gawad
11-7, 11-5, 11-9
[4] Tom Richards |
[4] Tom Richards (Eng)
11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11
Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) |
[Q] Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy)
11-5, 11-7, 11-2
[3] Omar Mosaad (Egy) |
[3] Omar Mosaad
11-6, 11-3, 11-5
Marwan El Shorbagy |
Marwan El Shorbagy
11-4, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy |
Olli Tuominen (Fin)
11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5
Marwan El Shorbagy (Egy) |
Max Lee (Hkg)
11-4, 11-4, 11-4
Armando Amante (Mac) |
Max Lee
11-8, 11-6, 11-7
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy |
[Q] Henrik Mustonen (Fin)
11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 10-12, 11-9
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) |
Qualifying Finals:
Henrik Mustonen (Fin) bt Peter Creed (Wal)
11/8, 11/6, 13/11
Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) bt Steven Finitsis (Aus)
11/8, 11/8, 6/11, 11/9
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy)
11/6, 11/5, 9/11, 11/5
Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy) bt Leo Au (Hkg)
11/5 ,16/14, 2/11, 11/7
Qualifying Round One:
Henrik Mustonen (Fin) bye
Peter Creed (Wal) bt Elvinn Keo (Mas)
11/8, 11/6, 11/4
Steven Finitsis (Aus) bt Cheuk Yan Tang (Hkg)
11/3, 11/4, 11/4
Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) bt Hon Fung Wong (Hkg)
11/4, 11/5, 11/8
Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) bt Fong Tek Kei (Mac)
11/1, 11/4, 11/3
Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Jaymie Haycocks (Eng)
13/11, 11/9, 11/5
Leo Au (Hkg) bt Liu Tsun Man (Hkg)
11/3, 11/5, 11/8
Omar Abdel Meguid (Egy) bt James Huang (Tpe)
11/5, 11/7, 7/11, 11/6
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 Macau
Open 2012
16-21 Oct, Macau, $25k |
Round One
18 Oct |
Quarters
19 Oct |
Semis
20 Oct |
Final
21 Oct |
[1] Joelle King (Nzl)
11-2, 11-3, 11-6
Siti Munirah Juson (Mas) |
[1] Joelle King
11-5, 11-3, 11-5
[6] Delia Arnold |
[1] Joelle King
11-7, 11-2, 11-3
[Q] Joshna Chinappa |
[1] Joelle King
11-5, 11-1, 9-11, 6-11, 11-6
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy |
[6] Delia Arnold (Mas)
11-5, 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9
[Q] Lucie Fialova (Cze) |
[3] Samantha Teran (Mex)
11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8
[Q] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) |
[Q] Joshna Chinappa
11-9, 9-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6
Misaki Kobayashi |
[5] Joey Chan (Hkg)
11-9, 13-11, 11-8
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) |
[Q] Carmen Lee (Hkg)
11-8, 15-13, 11-5
[7] Aisling Blake (Irl) |
[7] Aisling Blake
11-3, 12-10, 11-6
Siyoli Waters |
[7] Aisling Blake
11-8, 11-7, 12-10
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy |
Siyoli Waters (Rsa)
7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 12-10
[4] Donna Urquhart (Aus) |
[Q] Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg)
11-2, 11-9, 11-9
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) |
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy
9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 14-12, 11-7
[2] Dipika Pallikal |
Liu Kwai Chi (Mac)
11-3, 11-2 ,11-1
[2] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) |
Qualifying Finals:
Lucie Fialova (Cze) bt Lee Ka Yi (Hkg)
11/8, 11/9, 11/13, 11/5
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) btHo Ka Po (Hkg)
11/2, 11/6, 11/4
Carmen Lee (Hkg) bt Laura Pomportes (Fra)
10/12, 11/5, 6/11, 11/9, 11/5
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) bt Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg)
11/9, 1/11, 9/11, 11/6, 11/9
Qualifying
Round One:
Lucie Fialova (Cze) v bye
Lee Ka Yi (Hkg) bt Zulhijah Binti Azan (Mas)
5/11, 11/8, 11/8, 11/5
Joshna Chinappa (Ind) v bye
Ho Ka Po (Hkg) bt Karman Siu (Hkg)
11/8, 11/2, 11/4
Laura Pomportes (Fra) bt Sam Hei Tong (Mac)
11/1, 11/1, 11/3
Carmen Lee (Hkg) bt Chu Ka Hei (Hkg)
11/8, 6/11, 11/4, 10/12, 11/7
Tong Tsz-Wing (Hkg) bt Lei Sio Ngan (Mac)
11/0, 11/0, 11/1
Liu Tsz-Ling (Hkg) v bye
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Mohamed wins Shorbagy showdown as Karim, King and Kawy make the
finals too ...
 The much anticipated first PSA
meeting between Mohamed and Marwan El Shorbagy went the way of
elder brother Mohamed as he won 3/1 to set up an all-Egyptian final with
top seed Karim Darwish.
There will be Egyptian interest in the women's final too after Omneya
Abdel Kawy continued her return to top form, beating Aisling Blake
in straight games to set up a final meeting with top-seeded Kiwi
Joelle King.
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"I hated every single second of that
match!!
I am normally in the same side of my brother cheering for him!! And
today the thought that I actually had to try and beat him was just
so hard for me..
He is the one I train with twice a day everyday..
we live together we travel together we talk every day about tactics
and how to play against other players.. more than that we are best
friends we know everything about each other so anyone can imagine
how tough playing him after all that... we both understand each
other so well.. we could read each other really well on court..
It was just so tough mentally and I hope this match won't happen
again in the future.. but it's just a hope but I know we are going
to be playing a lot.. he'll get up in the ranking fast he just needs
to have some confidence in himself because I think sometimes he
doesn't know how good he can be...he beat a top 10 player in this
tournament and he was almost going to take me to 5 too..
I just love
my little brother even though I didn't really like it that he almost
took me to 5 today :)
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19-Oct, Quarter-Finals:
Shorbagy siblings set for
showdown in Macau ...
While an Egyptian winner of the PSA
$50k Macau Open is now guaranteed after Egyptian success in all four
quarter-finals, interest will centre on the first PSA match between
Mohamed and Marwan El Shorbagy, the Alexandria pair who
between them hold four world junior championship titles.
 Mohamed,
the second seed, turned in a much-improved performance from
yesterday as he beat Max Lee in straight games while Marwan recorded
one of his career-best wins as he beat Omar Mosaad, the third seed,
also in straight games.
"Is this really happening?!!", tweeted Mohamed. "Am I actually
playing against brother tom??!! Feel like I m dreaming!! This should
not be happening!!!"
Top seed Karim Darwish will meet Karim Abdel Gawad
after they too won their quarter-finals without dropping a game.
 There
were more upsets in the Women's WSA $25k event, as Indian qualifier
Joshna Chinappa came through a five-setter to beat Misaki
Kobayashi. She now meets top seeded Kiwi Joelle King for a
place in the final.
Another marathon match saw eighth seeded Egyptian Omneya Abdel
Kawy come back from 2-1 down to beat Dipika Pallikal, the second
seed, to set up a semi-final with Aisling Blake, the seventh
seed from Ireland.
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18-Oct, Round One:
Women's seeds suffer as
Egyptian men dominate in Macau
 While
the top four men's seeds all progressed to the quarter-finals of the
$50k PSA Macau Open, there was relative carnage in the WSA $25k
women's draw with three of the seeds, including the defending
champion, falling at the first hurdle.
The men's quarter-finals will feature SIX Egyptians! Two Egyptian
semi-finalists are guaranteed with top seed Karim Darwish set
to face qualifier Karim Ali Fathi and Omar Mosaad,
the third seed, meeting world junior champion Marwan El Shorbagy,
who scored an upset win over Finn Olli Tuominen.
 Fourth
seeded Englishman Tom Richards and Hong Kong's unseeded
Max Lee were the only non-Egyptian winners of the day, but both
meet Egyptians in the quarter-finals.
Richards faces Karim Abdel Gawad while Lee meets second seed
Mohamed El Shorbagy, who looked to be cruising to victory at
2-0 and 9-6 up against Henrik Mustonen, but eventually had to fight
back from 4-7 down in the fifth to secure his quarter-final place.
The three women's casualties were the third, fourth and fifth seeds,
ranked 16, 17 and 18 in the world!
Third and fourth seeds Samantha Teran and Donna Urquhart fell at the
hands of Joshna Chinappa and Siyoli Waters.
 Chinappa,
a qualifier, came through four close games to upset Mexico's world
#16 Teran, while Waters, the world #48 from South Africa, came from
two games down to squeeze through 12/10 in the fifth to beat
Urquhart, Australia's world #17.
Another significant upset came when Japan's unseeded Misaki
Kobayashi beat fifth-seeded defending champion Joey Chan in
straight games for one of her best-ever wins.
In the quarter-finals top seed Joelle King meets Delia
Arnold, Chinappa and Kobayashi meet to unsure an unseeded
semi-finalist, Waters faces seventh seed Aisling Blake, and
second seed Dipika Pallikal meets the returning-to-form
Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy, seeded eight.
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Getting the glass court ready
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